Radiation dose reduction to the breast in thoracic CT: Comparison of bismuth shielding, organ-based tube current modulation, and use of a globally decreased tube current

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6084-6092

  Wang, Jia ^a   Duan, Xinhui ^a   Christner, Jodie A ^a   Leng, Shuai ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

bismuth shielding; radiation dose; thoracic CT; tube current modulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BISMUTH; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODULATION; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SHIELDING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DIFFERENT SIZES; DOSE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; STREAK ARTIFACTS; THORACIC CT; TUBE CURRENT MODULATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80855134330     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3651489     Document Type: Article

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